A native of New Zealand, Mark Duley came to Ireland in 1992 and has held several major posts in the country, including organist and director of music at Christ Church Cathedral Dublin, chorus master to the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir and artistic director of the Irish Baroque Orchestra. Aside from a busy freelance career, Mark holds the posts of Pipeworks artistic director, organist of the Collegiate Church of St Nicholas, Galway, founder-director of St Nicholas Schola Cantorum, and artistic director of Resurgam.

In this concert, Collegium together with the NUI Galway choral scholars present a short retrospective of the western sacred choral canon including music appropriate to the day.

Ramin Haghjoo is an organist and pianist originally from California with a B.M. in Piano as well as an M.A. and Ph.D. in Music Theory from the University of California. After working as a music director and performer in the San Francisco Bay Area, he moved to Galway in 2012. He now teaches music and conducts the orchestra at Maoin Cheoil na Gaillimhe, works as organist/music director at the Augustinian Church, gives music workshops at NUI Galway and performs and conducts in the city and abroad.